Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Reporting:
Query/Results for UNIX

Query directory file (.qd file)

The .qd file is the query directory file. The name of the .qd file is the first eight characters of the USERID plus the .qd extension. If the USERID is blank then the name is results.qd. Results takes the USERID from LDBNAME(1), which is the first connected database.

The .qd file contains the directory that maps the descriptions of reports, labels, and export programs to their filenames. To look at this file, use the Contents of a User Directory option on the Administration module’s main menu. Each user has their own reports, labels, and export files.

The filenames have the format repxxxxx.p, lblxxxxx.p, and expxxxxx.p, where xxxxx represents a unique integer value. For example, the filenames have the formats shown in Table E–1.

Table E–1: Formats for filenames 

Reports	Labels	Data exports
rep00001.p	lbl00001.p	exp00001.p
rep00002.p	lbl00002.p	exp00002.p
rep00003.p	lbl00003.p	exp00003.p
and so forth	and so forth	and so forth

If Results cannot find a .qd file in a user’s PROPATH, it creates one in the current directory. It also stores all saved reports, exports, and labels files in the same directory that holds the .qd file. If you move the .qd file, you must move the report, label, and export files with it. They must be in the same directory.